How father sold nine-month-old son to three different buyers in Ogun

Daniel Chigozie, an Ogun State resident, has narrated how he and Chinwe Blessing, his wife, sold their own baby multiple times in a fraudulent stint that raised over N1 million.

Chigozie spoke to The PUNCH in an interview on Saturday, claiming his wife arranged the trafficking of their nine-month-old baby through different buyers.

“I am here (in custody) because I was involved in child trafficking. I sold my child because I needed money to fund my business and assist my wife, as she has two other children who need to be catered for. One is currently seeking admission, but the other is at the University of Ilorin,” Chigozie said in the interview.

“I needed money for my business and to cater for my family. She (Blessing) had the baby through caesarean section and that was what made me go to my uncle’s wife. We never thought or spoke about selling the baby. My wife told me to tell her (my uncle’s wife) that a lady had a baby for me and ran away and that I couldn’t take care of the baby by myself. She (my uncle’s wife) knows that I have a wife and as such, I will not be able to deal with the baby. So, she gave me money to support my business.”

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Chigozie said that Blessing went to challenge his uncle’s wife two days after he had received some money from her. According  to Chigozie, Blessing informed his uncle’s wife that she was the mother of the child and forcefully regained custody.

After they regained custody of their baby, the couple set their sights on a new buyer for their baby. Chigozie said that Blessing introduced a more effective way to recover their baby using the police after every purchase.

“She then spoke with her friend, who is a doctor at Meiran. The friend agreed and she gave me N400,000. I later returned to the house after two days when my wife called me on the phone to ask about how we would recover the baby. She then told me to go to the police station and talk to an investigating police officer,” Chigozie said.

“She promised that nothing would happen to me. She said all I needed to do was to give the police my uncle’s wife’s contact and that of her friend who bought the baby. I went to the police station as she said and I did what was requested. I later returned home.

“But recently, my wife told us to go to a hospital to claim that her friend gave birth to our baby and ran away and was nowhere to be found and that she (my wife) would not be able to take care of the baby.

“I was then connected to a doctor at Apapa, who agreed to pay N700,000, and after the payment, I arranged to settle everyone else involved, including a nurse.

“My wife was there to always claim the baby back from whoever we sold him to. As I said, she claimed him back from my uncle’s wife and her friend. She used to go and report at the police station that some people were claiming ownership of her child and she would call me to testify so that the police would recover the baby for us.”

How father sold nine-month-old son to three different buyers in Ogun